Demetrius Trenton Shumpert was convicted of first-degree murder for his role in the Coon Rapids triple homicide, a January 2024 home invasion in suburban Anoka County, Minnesota that killed a mother, her husband, and her adult son. A jury found him guilty on all nine counts in November 2025, and on January 8, 2026, he was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.1KSTP. Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide He was 33 at sentencing.
What Happened Inside the Home
At about 12:21 p.m. on January 26, 2024, three men pulled up to a house in Coon Rapids in a blue Nissan Altima. Two wore clothing that looked like UPS uniforms, and one carried a cardboard box. The third man in the group, Alonzo Pierre Mingo, had worked at UPS until less than a month earlier and used the delivery driver ruse to get the door open.2KSTP. Man Who Posed as UPS Driver During Triple Homicide Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Interior cameras recorded what happened next. The men held Mario Alberto Trejo Estrada, 39, and his wife Shannon Patricia Jungwirth, 42, at gunpoint and demanded money. Omari Shumpert, Demetrius’s younger brother, was captured on video pistol-whipping one of the male victims and then shooting him when the victim fought back. Mingo shot Jungwirth at point-blank range in a bedroom and killed a second victim. Her 20-year-old son, Jorge Alexander Reyes-Jungwirth, was also killed. All three victims were shot in the head. The attackers were inside the house for roughly seven minutes.3CBS News Minnesota. All 3 Suspects in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide Now Face First-Degree Murder4Yahoo News. Fridley Man Gets Life in Prison for Coon Rapids Triple Homicide
Two children under the age of five were in the house the entire time. Footage showed the older child walking into the bedroom where Jungwirth lay, crying, and then pulling the younger child back out. Neither was physically hurt.5KAAL TV. Coon Rapids Triple Homicide Suspect Posed as UPS Driver, Killed Family in Front of Young Kids According to court documents, the Shumpert brothers were believed to have killed one of the three victims while Mingo killed the other two.6KSTP. Man Convicted on All Counts for Triple Homicide in Coon Rapids
How Investigators Linked Him to the Killings
Police responding to a 911 call placed at about 12:24 p.m. found the three victims dead inside the house.3CBS News Minnesota. All 3 Suspects in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide Now Face First-Degree Murder Mingo was in custody within hours. The Shumpert brothers took longer to identify. Investigators matched DNA on loose rounds of ammunition at the scene to Omari Shumpert and used cellphone records to place both brothers at Demetrius Shumpert’s residence on the morning the bodies were discovered.1KSTP. Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide
Charges against the brothers were filed on February 14, 2024, and both made their first court appearances the following day. Bail was set at $5 million, and Demetrius Shumpert remained in custody at the Anoka County Jail through trial.7Fox 9. Coon Rapids Triple Homicide Brothers Charged With Murder
Conviction and Sentence
Demetrius Shumpert’s trial began in November 2025. On November 19, an Anoka County jury convicted him on all nine counts against him: three counts of first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of first-degree murder while committing a felony, and three counts of second-degree murder.6KSTP. Man Convicted on All Counts for Triple Homicide in Coon Rapids
At sentencing on January 8, 2026, the court imposed three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, one for each victim.1KSTP. Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide
The Other Two Men Convicted
The three defendants were tried separately, and all three were convicted.
Mingo went first. An Anoka County jury convicted him on August 29, 2025 on five counts of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder, finding that he personally shot Shannon Jungwirth and Jorge Reyes-Jungwirth and aided and abetted the murder of Mario Trejo Estrada. He was sentenced to life without parole on September 11, 2025.4Yahoo News. Fridley Man Gets Life in Prison for Coon Rapids Triple Homicide2KSTP. Man Who Posed as UPS Driver During Triple Homicide Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Omari Shumpert, 20 at the time of trial, was convicted on December 12, 2025 on 10 of 11 counts, including two counts of aiding and abetting first-degree premeditated murder, three counts of first-degree murder while committing a felony, and three counts of second-degree murder. He was acquitted on one count of first-degree premeditated murder.8Hometown Source. All 3 Defendants Convicted in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide He was sentenced on January 9, 2026, the day after his brother, also to three consecutive life terms without parole.1KSTP. Brothers Sentenced to Life in Prison for Roles in Coon Rapids Triple Homicide